02-21-2009, 12:59 AM
No, really? Who says? Where?
What do they say to :
Or to this:
The quote above is from the very beginning of the preface to "The Wars" (The Wars of the Jews, of course).
So ... what do those people suggest as the original language of Josephus books of the Jewish War if not Aramaic? Hebrew again? And who do they suggest the Upper Barbarians to be? Or maybe that text was interjected there by an English translator? Have they actually read it? A printed edition of Whiston's translation (complete works) is available for a few quid, if a free electronic on internet is not enough.
Peace and blessings,
Jerzy
What do they say to :
Quote:He mentions several times in his Greek writings that he created an Aramaic version of the events as well, but it, unfortunately, is not extant.(<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Josephus.html">http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jso ... ephus.html</a><!-- m -->)
Or to this:
Quote:I have proposed to myself, for the sake of such as live under the government of the Romans, to translate those books into the Greek tongue, which I formerly composed in the language of our country, and sent to the Upper Barbarians;
The quote above is from the very beginning of the preface to "The Wars" (The Wars of the Jews, of course).
So ... what do those people suggest as the original language of Josephus books of the Jewish War if not Aramaic? Hebrew again? And who do they suggest the Upper Barbarians to be? Or maybe that text was interjected there by an English translator? Have they actually read it? A printed edition of Whiston's translation (complete works) is available for a few quid, if a free electronic on internet is not enough.
Peace and blessings,
Jerzy